Thread: Ferrari P4/5 Competizione

Taken from Pistonheads.com

What do you do when you have a one-off Pininfarina-bodied Ferrari based on one of the final Enzos and you want to take it racing?

It's not a question most people will ever be in a position to ask, but James Glickenhaus, owner of the thoroughly gorgeous $4m Ferrari P4/5 (right), has and the answer he has come up with is simply to build another one.

Rumours of the P4/5 Competizione surfaced last autumn, and the car is now finally in build, with plans pencilled in for a race debut in the EXP1 class at the Nurburgring 24 Hours in 2011.



So just how do you create a Ferrari P4/5 Competizione? We dropped James (a long-time PHer) a line to find out. Turns out you get an ex-racing GT2-spec Ferrari F430, and throw most of it away except for the engine, gearbox and suspension. Next you take a US-spec Ferrari F430 Scuderia and engineer it to take the GT2's running gear.

Finally, you re-design the P4/5 body to fit the new car's dimensions, and to make it suitable for racing. Simple really...

Glickenhaus tells us that the P 4/5 Competizione is being designed, engineered and built by LM Gianetti and NTechnologies, under the direction of Paolo Garella, the chap who headed the P4/5 team at Pininfarina.

When the P 4/5 Competizione's racing career is over, the plan is to modify her to make her fully road legal. Wonderful.

I don't understand.... That can't be good for the wheel or the body brushing against the rope.

Doesnt that man have several P/45 body shells lying around? I heard he was dropping on on a Scud frame, not designing a whole new one.

Originally Posted by inNout

I don't understand.... That can't be good for the wheel or the body brushing against the rope.

Originally Posted by DetailDave

Doesnt that man have several P/45 body shells lying around? I heard he was dropping on on a Scud frame, not designing a whole new one.

They are building a new P4/5 body on a Scuderia chassis and installing the GT2 engine and gearbox. They are not using the Scud body or wheels - so now worry on how they are lifting it. Essentially what they're building is a P4/5 bodied F430 GT2 car. Too bad Ferrari/Michellotto are well on their way with the F430 GT2 replacement - the F458 GT2!

[QUOTE=Challenge It;969127] Too bad Ferrari/Michellotto are well on their way with the F430 GT2 replacement - the F458 GT2![/QUOTE

Gonna be beast!!!

dibs on those scud seats they're probably tossing away

one thing confuses me.. why spend the money on a scuderia just to have the chassis and not one from a F430? unless there is something different?
and how is the roof of the p4/5 gonna work with the roof of a scuderia?

Originally Posted by JohnAnthony

napolis uploaded the first rendering

Soo Cool! Love it!

After her race days are over we're going to convert P 4/5 C to Road legal condition and the Scud gearbox is faster.

We're not sure that we can use race gearbox on the street.

The straps are used because we're lowering her onto a surface plate/scanner if you roll her on you'll uncalibrate it.

Ferrari is welcome to bring their 458 GT2 to the Ring to run against us. Porsche will be there with their 918.

To date Ferrari has never won this race.

Should be an interesting 24 hours.

This should be good